“大材小用[dà cái xiǎo yòng]”，漢語成語，意思是把大的材料用于小的用處（put fine timber to petty use），比喻人才使用不當(dāng)，浪費(fèi)人才，可以翻譯為“make little use of a great talent，waste a talent on trivial job，put something big to small use”。

例句：

ràng nǐ dāng dǎ zì yuán shì dà cái xiǎo yòng
讓你當(dāng)打字員是大材小用。
The job of a typist is unworthy of your talents.

hěn duō rén jué de zì jǐ zài gōng zuò shàng bèi pò dà cái xiǎo yòng
很多人覺得自己在工作上被迫大材小用。
Many find themselves having to take jobs far beneath them.

jǔ lì lái shuō，rú guǒ dà xué bì yè shēng rèn wéi zì jǐ cóng shì de gōng zuò zhǐ xū yào gāo zhōng wén píng，tā men jiù huì rèn wéi zì jǐ shì dà cái xiǎo yòng le
舉例來說，如果大學(xué)畢業(yè)生認(rèn)為自己從事的工作只需要高中文憑，他們就會(huì)認(rèn)為自己是大材小用了。
For example, university graduates would count themselves overqualified if they were doing work they believed called for nothing more than A-levels.

Editor: Jade